Porn Star Biography for Belle Knox

Half Canadian and half Punjabi Indian, Belle Know was raised as a Roman Catholic in Spokane, Washington, and featured in a Catholic Christian magazine for her volunteer work prior to entering the adult industry. As a Duke University freshman, she caused quite a buzz on the American social landscape when she revealed herself as a porn star. Having decided to perform in adult videos in order to pay for her college tuition at the prestigious school, a fellow co-ed recognized her and the story spread like wildfire throughout the campus, the state of North Carolina, and eventually the entire nation. After the outing, Belle publicly defended her decision to work in the adult film industry, defended her choices about discussing the situation, and how it has impacted her life: stating that she had tried to apply for government loans and assistance but was told that she did not qualify, and did not want to apply for private student loans, "saddl[ing] her family with debt" and that she believes her experiences are indicative of the astronomical costs of higher education in the United States.

The Outing and Media Response

Knox faced some initial criticism after a fellow male student saw her pornography and recognized her; he then outed her to his fraternity brothers and eventually the news quickly spread through the school. She decided to reveal her identity in an Op-Ed piece on the blog site XOJane. She states "shooting pornography brings me unimaginable joy," and goes on to reveal her feeling that, "[i]n a world where women are so often robbed of their choice, I am completely in control of my sexuality. As a bisexual woman with many sexual quirks, I feel completely accepted. It is freeing, it is empowering, it is wonderful, it is how the world should be." Afterwards, she made countless media appearances and gave interviews regarding her experiences. In March 2014, Belle appeared on Piers Morgan Live on CNN, as well as appearing in/on Playboy, TMZ Live, Rolling Stone Magazine, The View, and Huffington Post Live. She has also been the focus of the five-part documentary series Becoming Belle Knox, which was produced and released by Stateless Media and Conde Nast Entertainment—the series was released in September 2014 via Conde Nast's digital site, The Scene.

Career

In addition to the financial reasons, she genuinely enjoyed sex and watching pornography. Debuting in November 2013, Knox flew out to Los Angeles while on school breaks to perform in the films and felt empowered being a porn starlet—feeling more in control of herself and her career. Since then, she has been featured in dozens of adult titles, working for some of the industry’s finest studios like Jules Jordan Video, New Sensations, Reality Kings, Digital Sin, and Adam & Eve. Of these, she has quite a few memorable film performances under her belt like the scorching lesbian tryst with Lisa Ann in Lisa Ann Loves Girls 2 and School of MILF 2: The Education of Belle Knox—where Belle gets paired up with some of the XXX industries best stars like Nina Hartley, Lisa Ann, Erik Everhard and Tyler Nixon.

Quirky Facts

She chose the porn name Belle after the lead female character in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and the name Knox because she has a “fascination” with convicted killer Amanda Knox.

While enrolled, she pursued a major in Women’s Studies and Sociology, and expressed interest in becoming a women’s rights activist and civil rights lawyer given her experience as a college Republican.

In 2017, Lifetime Television made a movie, From Straight A’s to XXX, about Belle's start in porn. The movie highlights the high cost of college tuition as a national problem, and the unfairness of the double-standard for women in porn.

After Porn

After exiting the adult industry around 2016, people weren't sure why Belle Knox fell off from the public eye as she was pretty popular during her time performing. It was revealed in early 2018 that Knox was enrolled as a student at New York Law School in Tribeca.